The Warriner School The Admissions Policy for The Warriner School for 2019-2020 Introduction: The Warriner School, is a member of the Warriner Multi Academy Trust (MAT), w.e.f. 1st August 2015 and is its own Admissions Authority. The School’s Governing body has an Admissions Committee that oversees all aspects of the School’s role as its own Admissions Authority. The Terms of Reference for this committee are attached in Appendix 4. The Admissions criteria for Year 7 are shown in Appendix 1. In-year admissions criteria are set out in Appendix 2. The Admissions criteria for Year 12 are shown in Appendix 3. Objectives: 1. To meet the requirements of the School Admissions Code 2014, Oxfordshire’s Coordinated Admissions Scheme and, when appropriate, the Oxfordshire’s Fair Access Protocol. 2. To protect the interests of key stakeholders. These are the current staff and students, MAT schools, Partnership schools, potential students and their families who live within the school’s designated catchment area and potential students and their families who already have a sibling at the school. 3. To meet the needs of students from beyond the designated catchment area to both meet the requirements of Fair Access and enable the school to remain as close to its published numbers as possible. Entry to The Warriner School at the beginning of Year 7 In order to be considered for a place at The Warriner School, interested parties must apply via Oxfordshire County Council (OCC). All applications received by OCC by the published deadline will then be considered for a place for the following September. The school as its own Admissions Authority will apply the published admissions criteria for the academic year and allocate places accordingly. OCC will be advised of the allocation and will send out the offers on behalf of the school. If any offers are declined, the school will make these places available in the second round of offers as published by OCC. At this point late applicants can be considered. The school will once again apply its admissions criteria to all applicants and notify OCC of the allocation of places. Any students who have failed to gain a place at this point will remain on the continued interest list. Should any places become available they will be allocated to students on the Continued Interest List, using the school’s admissions criteria. For Year 7 the Continued Interest List will remain until 30 June of the academic year of entry. The parent of any student who has been unsuccessful will have the right to appeal in accordance with the School Admissions Appeal Code. In-year Admissions Applications for in-year admissions must be made via OCC. All applications will be considered by The School’s Admissions Committee and in the event of a place being available, will be offered using the published in-year admissions criteria (Appendix 2). Those who are unsuccessful with in-year applications may place a student’s name on the Continued Interest list (waiting list). The Continued Interest list will be maintained until 30 June for the academic year of entry. The Warriner School/Statutory / February 2017 1 The Warriner School Appeals The parent of any student who is unsuccessful with an application has the right to appeal in accordance with the School Admissions Appeal Code. Appeal forms are available from Oxfordshire County Council (O.C.C. ) website and should be returned to OCC. Sixth Form Admissions Criteria Year 12 and 13 All students who are on roll at The Warriner School in Year 11 at the time of application and will complete Year 11 to the required standard are automatically offered places in Year 12 if they achieve the entry requirements for the Sixth Form as outlined in “The Warriner School Sixth Form Handbook”. If a Warriner student does not take up this offer but decides after 1 September that he or she wishes to return to the Sixth Form, he or she will join the waiting list and will only be offered a place if one becomes available under the terms of the published Oversubscription Criteria. Monitoring and Evaluation This policy will be reviewed annually to ensure that The Warriner School is working in accordance with the School Admissions Code 2014 and Fair Access guidelines. The review will also include an assessment of whether the school’s key stakeholders are able to gain access to the school. In particular the Admissions committee will review the numbers of students coming to the school each year from Partnership primary schools. Policy Review This policy will be reviewed annually by The Warriner School Admissions Committee. Siblings Sibling is defined in these arrangements as children who live as brother or sister at the same residence, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, step siblings and foster siblings. This does not include other relatives at the same address. NB: Proof of identity and parental responsibility may be requested. Time of Entry The admission rules give some priority to those with a brother or sister attending The Warriner School at the applicant’s “time of entry”. This means that in the normal admissions round there will be no sibling connection for admission purposes for the following: Applicants for entry to Year 7 if they have a brother or sister in Year 13 Applicants for entry to Year 7 if they have a brother or sister in Year 11 and there is no expressed intention of staying on into Year 12 Where an application is unsuccessful parents have the right to appeal to an independent appeals panel. The details of this process will be sent out at the time of the decision to refuse a place. The Warriner School/Statutory / February 2017 2 The Warriner School Home Address The address on the application should be the child’s address at the time of application. This is the address at which the child spends the majority of term-time school nights (Sunday night to Thursday night). Change of Address Changes of address which occur after the closing date may be taken into account if proof of this change is provided by the date published in the LA’s Admissions Rules. To confirm a new address one of the following is required: A solicitor's letter advising contracts have been exchanged (if the property is being purchased); or A copy of a tenancy agreement (if the property is to be rented). If this tenancy agreement comes to an end before September 2017 the address may not be accepted for admissions purposes; or A copy of a Council Tax Bill showing the same name(s) as in Section 5 of the CAF. Parents may also be asked to provide proof of address from correspondence they have received from HM Revenue & Customs, Child Benefit Division or Tax Credits Division. Such correspondence must pre-date the application. The Local Authority will act as The Warriner School’s agent in establishing a child’s address. Multiple Addresses Where children spend time with parents at more than one address then the address given on the form should be the one that they live at (i.e. sleep at) for the majority of term-time school nights (Sunday night to Thursday night). If children spend time equally at different addresses then this should be declared in writing and signed by all parties with parental responsibility. Proof of the living arrangements (i.e. a court decision) may be requested together with confirmation of an address that has been given. If it is accepted by The Warriner School that a child spends time equally at two different addresses (for example, one week with each parent in turn during term-times), the address used for admissions purposes will be the address most favourable (i.e. closest) to the first preference requested. The Local Authority will act as The Warriner School’s agent in establishing the home address. Fraudulent Applications If a place has been obtained on the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application (for example, a false claim to residence in a designated/ catchment area) and this results in the denial of a place to a child with a stronger claim, the admission authority for the school may withdraw the offer of the place. This follows the guidance in paragraphs 2.12 and 2.13 of the School Admissions Code 2014 published by the Department for Education: The Warriner School/Statutory / February 2017 3 The Warriner School “[2.12] An admission authority must not withdraw an offer of a place unless it has been offered in error, parents have not responded within a reasonable amount of time, or it is established that the offer was obtained through a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application. Where the parent has not responded to the offer, the admission authority must give the parent a further opportunity to respond and explain that the offer may be withdrawn if they do not. Where an offer is withdrawn on the basis of misleading information, the application must be considered afresh, and a right of appeal offered if an offer is refused. [2.13] A school must not withdraw a place once a child has started at the school, except where that place was fraudulently obtained. In deciding whether to withdraw the place, the length of time that the child had been at the school must be taken into account. For example, it might be considered appropriate to withdraw the place if the child has been at the school for less than one term.” The Local Authority will act as The Warriner School’s agent in establishing whether a place has been obtained on the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application Multi Academy Primary Schools: Bishop Carpenter CE School Hornton School Sibford Gower Endowed School Bishop Loveday CE School Warriner Partnership Primary Schools: Bishop Carpenter CE School Bloxham CE School Christopher Rawlins CE School Deddington CE School Dr Radcliffe’s CE School Hornton School Shenington CE School Sibford Gower Endowed School Wroxton CE School Designated Area The designated (catchment) area for The Warriner School is attached as appendix 5.